Service difficulty report · Cooling Fan · Boeing 7672B7

Difficulty date
September 27, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N651US
Make and model
Boeing 7672B7
Aircraft serial
24764
Part
Cooling Fan
Part number
732591A
Condition
Failed
Location
E/E Compt
Part time
24,350 hours
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

YHZ - FL 3 EN ROUTE FCO-PHL, CREW NOTED SMOKE AND ODOR IN COCKPIT. CREW DONNED OXYGEN MASKS. CREW ALSO HEARD A NOISE IN THE COCKPIT, AND THE ODOR BECAM ACRID. THE EICAS STATUS MESSAGE 'FWD EQPT EXH FAN' WAS PRESENT. FLT DIVERTED TO YHZ AND LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE FORWARD EQUIPMENT COOLING EXHAUST FAN TO BE POPPING ITS CIRCUIT BREAKER AND PHL MAINTENANCE REPLACED IT. (M)

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